I went back into my room and sat down. I was upset, and no mistake. Outside my windows the continuous symphony of the city played on - the busses, the trains, the never-silent voices. I gazed out. What a tremendous acreage of dank brick houses and dank British souls! I felt horribly alone. I may add that I felt a bit frightened, as though that great city were slowly closing in on me. Who was this woman of mystery?英文原著 · 《The Agony Column》
Damp, moist. Shakespeare, R. and J. 6: "and night's dank dew;" Milton, Sonnet to Mr. Lawrence: "Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire," etc.英文原著 · 《The Lady of the Lake》
But some good Triton-god had ruth, and bare The boy's drowned body back to Grecian land, And mermaids combed his dank and dripping hair And smoothed his brow, and loosed his clenching hand; Some brought sweet spices from far Araby, And others bade the halcyon sing her softest lullaby.英文原著 · 《Charmides and Other》
Returning to the study, Karl ordered me to get up and prepare to write from dictation. When I was ready he sat down with a dignified air in his arm-chair, and in a voice which seemed to come from a profound abyss began to dictate: "Von al-len Lei- den-shaf-ten die grau-samste ist. Have you written that? " He paused, took a pinch of snuff, and began again: "Die grausamste ist die Un-dank-bar-keit [The most cruel of all passions is ingratitude.] a capital U, mind."英文原著 · 《Childhood》
On, to the brink of the pond--a green, dank, dark, slimy sour, stinking pond. His coat-tails were gone by this time, and sundry rents and damages appeared in--in another useful garment. One pulled him, another pushed him, a third shook him by the collar, half a dozen buffeted him, and all abused him.英文原著 · 《East Lynne》
And now you will say this is unduly burdensome, which will force me to say that it is less so than remaining a glorified Internal Affairs grunt working out a dank office on the fringes of our capital city.美剧 · 《Billions》
Whereas a casino, like a fungus, will thrive in any dank climate.美剧 · 《Billions》